Lawmakers opposed to Rajapaksa said they intend to remove funding for staff salaries and other costs in a vote on November 29.

Ashim Mitra, a longtime pharmacy professor at the US university, compelled his students to tend to his lawn, look after his dog and water the plants, sometimes for weeks at a time, when he and his wife were away, the Kansas City Star reported.

The House was adjourned till November 23 ten minutes after its opening. Last week, Sri Lanka's parliament witnessed unprecedented violence as lawmakers threw furniture and chilli powder at each other.

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said the Iran-backed rebels ordered the cessation of rocket and drone attacks on the Saudis and forces loyal to coalition member the United Arab Emirates at the request of U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths.

China had classified homosexuality a 'crime' until 1997, and a 'mental illness' in 2001.

The Chinese economy has grown so fast for so long now that it is easy to forget how unlikely its metamorphosis into a global powerhouse was, how much of its ascent was improvised and born of desperation.

"No deal better than the one on the table can be reached," Germany's European affairs minister, Michael Roth, said.

The migrants' expected long stay in Tijuana has raised concerns about the ability of the border city of more than 1.6 million people to handle the influx.
The migrants' expected long stay in Tijuana has raised concerns about the ability of the border city of more than 1.6 million people to handle the influx.

The Houthis last July unilaterally halted attacks in the Red Sea to support peace efforts, after Saudi Arabia suspended temporarily oil exports through a strategic Red Sea channel following attacks on crude tankers.